First of all, for the board, avoid the P7P55 LX. I just bought one and while it is a solid board for running stock, and even mild overclocks, it just isn't nearly as good for overclocking as the P7P55D. The main reason behind this is the rather poor 4+1 PWM setup, while the P7P55D has a 12+2 setup which makes a huge difference when overclocking the Quad-Cores.

As for the cooler, I if had to pick between all of those, I think I would go with the Frio.

i dono though im a lil hesitant to go for a asrock motherboard because i dont really know anything about them, also those heat sinks on the motherboard by the cpu are very high and may interfere with a push pull cpu cooler if i decide to go that route, cause the back fan may not be high enough

this ^^^^ except the noctua D14 and megahalem can eat it for breakfast

EDIT: get the asus P7P55D motherboard

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Well they do beat it.... but eat it for breakfast is a different story. I have been building for a long time. And have owned both of those coolers that you named above. While they are better.... no doubt. They don't eat it for break fast. I think Average between the two.... I saw a 3c to 4c difference. Plus the idle temps were actually better with my Hyper 212+ compared to the "megahalem" (Now mind you I have always had well ventilated cases so that could be helping my Hyper 212+ but not that much)

But what ever the difference may be anyway.... it doesn't change the fact that it is not worth the extra $40 to $70 bucks for those.

The only way (After you get to a cretin point) you are going to see any huge temp difference with coolers is.... by switching from Air to Water cooling. That is when you will start seeing 10c to 15c differences.

Sure if we were talking about him doing some extreme overclocking on air like 4.5 or 4.7Ghz and he wanted that extra 200mhz.... then I would agree with you. Then the 3c to 4c extra would be a big deal.
But at 3200 mhz shoot he could get away with almost a stock cooler let alone having to worry about paying that much more for a cooler compared to the Hyper 212+

Well they do beat it.... but eat it for breakfast is a different story. I have been building for a long time. And have owned both of those coolers that you named above. While they are better.... no doubt. They don't eat it for break fast. I think Average between the two.... I saw a 3c to 4c difference. Plus the idle temps were actually better with my Hyper 212+ compared to the "megahalem" (Now mind you I have always had well ventilated cases so that could be helping my Hyper 212+ but not that much)

But what ever the difference may be anyway.... it doesn't change the fact that it is not worth the extra $40 to $70 bucks for those.

The only way (After you get to a cretin point) you are going to see any huge temp difference with coolers is.... by switching from Air to Water cooling. That is when you will start seeing 10c to 15c differences.

Sure if we were talking about him doing some extreme overclocking on air like 4.5 or 4.7Ghz and he wanted that extra 200mhz.... then I would agree with you. Then the 3c to 4c extra would be a big deal.
But at 3200 mhz shoot he could get away with almost a stock cooler let alone having to worry about paying that much more for a cooler compared to the Hyper 212+

Well they do beat it.... but eat it for breakfast is a different story. I have been building for a long time. And have owned both of those coolers that you named above. While they are better.... no doubt. They don't eat it for break fast. I think Average between the two.... I saw a 3c to 4c difference. Plus the idle temps were actually better with my Hyper 212+ compared to the "megahalem" (Now mind you I have always had well ventilated cases so that could be helping my Hyper 212+ but not that much)

But what ever the difference may be anyway.... it doesn't change the fact that it is not worth the extra $40 to $70 bucks for those.

The only way (After you get to a cretin point) you are going to see any huge temp difference with coolers is.... by switching from Air to Water cooling. That is when you will start seeing 10c to 15c differences.

Sure if we were talking about him doing some extreme overclocking on air like 4.5 or 4.7Ghz and he wanted that extra 200mhz.... then I would agree with you. Then the 3c to 4c extra would be a big deal.
But at 3200 mhz shoot he could get away with almost a stock cooler let alone having to worry about paying that much more for a cooler compared to the Hyper 212+

dude ive been building for 4 years. dont think just because im new on here i havent been building for a while. i moved to this forum because of the overclock.net forum was getting ridiculously over populated of 12 year olds. all the 212 needs is a gentle typhoon since the fins arent very dense and close together the fan doesnt have to work so hard to push air through it unlike the TRUE where it needs like a San Ace to achieve the proper temps

i know they arent the best fans out their but will they do the job if u put them in push pull?

the reason y i want red led fans is cause my case is all black and already came with some red led fans

also i see u have your 750 oc at 3.8, what do ur temps run at and what are ur settings at to get that overclock

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NO those fans arent good for heatsinks. those are good for case fans but not on heatsinks. take a look at the Scythe gentle typhoon 1850rpm fan. the static pressure and cfm to noise ratio is unbeatable

or just get one of these and be done with it. nothing can beat a san ace as a heatsink and radiator fan. not even delta

NO those fans arent good for heatsinks. those are good for case fans but not on heatsinks. take a look at the Scythe gentle typhoon 1850rpm fan. the static pressure and cfm to noise ratio is unbeatable

or just get one of these and be done with it. nothing can beat a san ace as a heatsink and radiator fan. not even delta

Well they do beat it.... but eat it for breakfast is a different story. I have been building for a long time. And have owned both of those coolers that you named above. While they are better.... no doubt. They don't eat it for break fast. I think Average between the two.... I saw a 3c to 4c difference. Plus the idle temps were actually better with my Hyper 212+ compared to the "megahalem" (Now mind you I have always had well ventilated cases so that could be helping my Hyper 212+ but not that much)

But what ever the difference may be anyway.... it doesn't change the fact that it is not worth the extra $40 to $70 bucks for those.

The only way (After you get to a cretin point) you are going to see any huge temp difference with coolers is.... by switching from Air to Water cooling. That is when you will start seeing 10c to 15c differences.

Sure if we were talking about him doing some extreme overclocking on air like 4.5 or 4.7Ghz and he wanted that extra 200mhz.... then I would agree with you. Then the 3c to 4c extra would be a big deal.
But at 3200 mhz shoot he could get away with almost a stock cooler let alone having to worry about paying that much more for a cooler compared to the Hyper 212+